Texas Rising
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Haven't watched part 2 yet but part 1 was unbearably boring. Had to fast forward through the second half. No wonder most movies are made about the Alamo battle, everything after is BORING!
Saw 20 minutes and flipped over to SoA because TR was so badly made. In this day and age, surely we shouldn't have to watch skirmish scenes where every shot the good guys make is a bulls eye and the bad guys miss each time. Especially when the targets are moving and they are using flintlocks!
Actually Texas history is very violent - surprise?! - and very interesting. The Texas Rangers fought a kick ass series of wars against the brutal Comanche and got slaughtered time and again, until Colt brought out his revolver. Previously, the Texans had tried to use clumsy, single-shot flintlock pistols against lances and bows and arrows and got cut down. The revolver more than evened the odds. I was hoping that the series would be a more accurate and realistic account.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas–Indian_wars
Texas has been going through a rough period recently. Attacked by lunatic Muslims, biker wars and now the floods but Texans are a tough bunch and they'll make it through just fine.
I am actually more interested in the macro picture of how a few hundred rag tag Texans defeated a Mexican professional army of thousands. (The Mexican soldiers did have nice uniforms.)
Don't forget Gov.Abbot begging for money from his muslim, socialsit , Kenyan born , Texas invading President... do texans even recognize him as their president? If Texas is so self reliant, let them suffer alone
It wasn't banana cream pies ????? Chess with winner take all ????? Are you suggesting that underneath the pervasive Texan renowned quiet intellect, there is a sub-culture of guns just under the surface ?????
Very tragic a lot of deaths and even more property damage. This must easily have been a 500 year flood.
It's on cable-free Global-TV. Have to agree about the 'terrible' thing. Sociology profs talking about gun-culture would likely show more dramatic chops than the director. Unlike the show, at least they'd contribute some sort of understanding of something.
Since the OP made point of it I'm trying to think of revolutionary war that wasn't decided by guns. The Wars of the Roses? Wat Tyler?
According to wikipedia the decisive battle at San jacinto appears to have between a force of 1300 Mexicans and 960 Texans. The Mexicans were asleep or gathering firewood and we're for the most part unarmed when the Texans attacked. The battle lasted 18 minutes with the Mexicans running away as they were awakened by the firefight.
This decisive battle had followed the defeat at the Alamo and the reported slaughter of 300 Texans who had surrendered at gilaen(?)
you posted that everything after the Alamo was boring. I simply pointed out that it wasn't. The Texas Indian Wars are actually a lot more interesting than the Alamo.
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